tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81275482018-03-06T07:05:36.547-08:00fresh flowersI hope what you read here will tickle your nose and you'll find the scent of the Father as you walk through this garden.Lani - the flowerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585671283993061508noreply@blogger.comBlogger723125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127548.post-64065021763405147762016-09-21T09:14:00.001-07:002016-09-21T09:14:12.175-07:00Good morning!
It's a beautiful crisp, fall day.
Why am I here writing on this very dead blog?
I'm not sure, but I felt like I should. I blog elsewhere now, though sporadically and not nearly as consistently as when this blog started. I loved this place, this time in my life where things were hard and yet God seemed to show up in my writing regularly.
There may be a time for resurrection here,Lani - the flowerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585671283993061508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127548.post-91918155452413562712013-05-28T14:03:00.001-07:002013-05-28T14:03:15.717-07:00I've got to move it, move it...I've moved!!
This is the last post you'll see here my friends. I welcome you to join me in my new location at
http://www.allthiscrazygrace.com
All This Crazy Grace has been a long time in coming but it's finally here...Lani - the flowerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585671283993061508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127548.post-38691375122452458452013-05-24T08:55:00.002-07:002013-05-24T08:58:50.433-07:00FMF {The View From Down Here}The Friday is here. Let's join the fabulous community of women that writes on Fridays for 5 minutes. Just five, unedited and whole-hearted...the prompt for today: VIEW
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I hope this isn't too depressing for y'all but today the view I have isn't so pretty. I'm at the bottom of a very large mountain. I've been at the bottom of this mountain for so long. and I don't like it.
ILani - the flowerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585671283993061508noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127548.post-70947885430146033522013-05-22T20:26:00.001-07:002013-05-22T20:26:13.041-07:00Bread
"Bread is the perfect vehicle for eating butter!"
This is one of those moments that I should probably be doing something other than writing or sitting at the computer. The list is long...
* boys haven't quieted down, their light should be off...I should go take care of that
* there are baskets of unfolded laundry and an empty towel cupboard...I should take care of that
* I made a mess in Lani - the flowerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585671283993061508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127548.post-8171644015424635702013-05-21T08:37:00.000-07:002013-05-21T08:37:00.125-07:00Risky BusinessIt's Tuesday. Time to talk about dreaming. I'm going to be linked up at www.holleygerth.com with a wonderful group of dreamers...
The little girl's eyes sparkled as she saw the pile of presents before her. That big shiny one looks like it might just be the doll she'd been waiting for. She rips the paper open and the box says, "Wendy Walking Tall"...she gasps and reaches for it, but first Lani - the flowerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585671283993061508noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127548.post-49039964223127333062013-05-17T06:50:00.001-07:002013-05-17T06:50:27.189-07:00FMF: {Song} - Let My Lifesong Sing...
1. Write for 5 minutes flat for pure unedited love of the written word.2. Link back here and invite others to join in.3. Be generous and leave an encouraging comment for the person who linked up before you. That’s the best part about this community.
And if you don’t have a blog, feel free to leave your five minutes of writing as a comment. And we’ll love on you there.
Today’s prompt is:
Lani - the flowerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585671283993061508noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127548.post-22395949759897942152013-05-14T08:21:00.000-07:002013-05-14T08:37:24.819-07:00Two Worlds CollideI'm fulfilling two assignments at a time today. I signed up to be a blogger for Compassion and this is the first assignment that I'll be doing for them. And for the last several months I have been part of the God-sized Dream Team with Holley Gerth and about 100 other women...we've been sharing on Tuesdays little bits of this dreamy life we're called to live.
Today these two paths merge.
The Lani - the flowerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585671283993061508noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127548.post-22716522166840319362013-05-07T06:00:00.000-07:002013-05-07T06:00:09.077-07:00Why We Do This Homeschool Thing...Why bother with home education?
What is wrong with the public school?
Why would you do this to yourself?
I could never do that...
The decision to home educate our kids has been over 20 years in the making. The story goes like this...
Way back when I was in University, studying to become a teacher in the college of Education I had to write a paper on the pros and cons of public, Lani - the flowerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585671283993061508noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127548.post-33443083893570511752013-05-06T06:00:00.000-07:002013-05-06T10:58:11.538-07:00The Harsh Realities of Living Out a DreamLast week I told you that we signed some papers and slid that commitment through the slot at the post office. Those papers were to enroll five of our six kids into Progressive Discover-e, a cyber school that my friend Ann Cook is the principal of who has grown this dream of hers from a seed into the successful government-funded, provincially recognized home-education resource it is today. We Lani - the flowerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585671283993061508noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127548.post-5163090631212560552013-05-03T10:11:00.001-07:002013-05-03T10:20:07.905-07:00On the Brink of Brave {Five Minute Friday}
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This week I signed papers, slipped them into an envelope with a commitment and dropped it in a mail slot. It's another step on the way to a dream. This one step has been brewing for over twenty years and we've stuck our toe on the step for about nine years but never stepped fully on...I wasn't that brave.
It's going to be hard and awkward and require more of me than I will be willingLani - the flowerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585671283993061508noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127548.post-37039215686814823202013-05-01T16:18:00.001-07:002013-05-01T16:18:42.698-07:00A Letter to You...Dear Dreaming Friend,
I wish you could come curl up on my new-to-me couch in my messy living room, smell the chicken soup bubbling on the stove and rest with me. I am tired, too. The days press in hard with kids and schedules and farm and ministry and trying to walk toward my dream. It seems like way too much most of the time.
In between loads of laundry and vacuuming and getting kids to Lani - the flowerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585671283993061508noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127548.post-63889279161597025472013-04-29T13:48:00.000-07:002013-04-29T13:49:03.404-07:00Review: The Dance
The Dance was written by Dan Walsh and Gary Smalley. While I enjoyed the story itself; the characters were well developed and the plot line moved along well, I have some a hesitancy in recommending it fully.
The two main characters Jim and Marilyn Anderson have been married for twenty-seven years. Marilyn is tired of feeling unloved and walks out. Jim is left dumbfounded, clueless as to Lani - the flowerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585671283993061508noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127548.post-79719952015581497282013-04-29T13:24:00.000-07:002013-04-29T13:24:24.696-07:00Review: the gate
I wasn't sure if I was going to like this book after the first chapter, but I did. Dann A. Stouten is a preacher, teacher, theologian and storyteller all wrapped into one. The Gate is hard to stash into a particular genre. I learned along with the main character, Schuyler Hunt, as he had the opportunity to review life changes and circumstances from a very different perspective.
The Gate is Lani - the flowerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585671283993061508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127548.post-35406796206696783122013-04-24T10:26:00.001-07:002013-04-24T10:26:23.729-07:00A RAD revelation...It would appear that there has been ugly stuff happening all over the place. I could write you a long list of things that have been no fun that we've been dealing with this month...but I'm not going to do that. I want to tell you today about a revelation that I had that I'm not impressed about.
Every day in our home we deal with something called Reactive Attachment Disorder. The unfortunate Lani - the flowerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585671283993061508noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127548.post-21061540965694989862013-04-20T06:51:00.001-07:002013-04-20T06:52:18.915-07:00Introducing the planet's newest 13-year old!In a week peppered with loss I am so thankful to be posting about something sweet and light and joyful!
My daughter, Abby, turns thirteen today.
Her full name is Deborah Abigail, named after two amazing women of the Bible, two of my favorite women of all time.
Deborah was the only female judge of Israel, she was a wife, a mother and a godly, wise woman. She could understand the heart of the Lani - the flowerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585671283993061508noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127548.post-53541642952172264752013-04-17T09:38:00.000-07:002013-04-17T09:43:52.123-07:00He infiltrated my 'to-do' list...I have much to say at the moment and yet my brain is not helping me make coherent thought.
Yesterday was Tuesday which means I was supposed to be writing about God-sized dreams. Our assignment was to spend some time with God, listening for His voice in regards to our dreams. I am not opposed to quiet times or listening to God our writing about it but I have to admit that the assignment felt Lani - the flowerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585671283993061508noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127548.post-62084326293079538272013-04-14T07:00:00.000-07:002013-04-14T07:00:03.774-07:00Living in the Fishbowl of MinistryThis post is being written for the (in)couraged flock, a community of ministry wives through (in)courage, please feel free to join in the discussion.
While I have only been a pastor's wife for six years, I have been in ministry with my husband from the day we met, literally! On the day I was introduced to my husband-to-be we were both in our first year at University, I was on my way to a Lani - the flowerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585671283993061508noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127548.post-14330313419563069182013-04-10T10:35:00.001-07:002013-04-10T10:35:25.098-07:00For Auntie Diana...
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The piano keys on the baby grand will be empty now.
Some of my fondest memories of my Auntie Diana are when she was playing the piano. She breathed music in and out like air. She made it look effortless and always beautiful.
One of my early Christmas's after I had married into this family where I met Auntie Diana we all sat in her living room and she was at the piano. It was timeLani - the flowerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585671283993061508noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127548.post-76994908895719197592013-04-09T12:22:00.002-07:002013-04-09T12:38:20.459-07:00Dear Chihuahua of Fear, I Surrender...
But NOT to you!! Didn't see that coming did ya?
My husband has been reading to us out of a book by Gordon Dalbey, called Fight Like A Man. One of the points that Dalbey makes is that in order to truly win a fight you must first surrender to God, the One who decides the outcome of the fight, and then, there's no way you can lose.
Do I have fears? Unfortunately, I might be accused of Lani - the flowerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585671283993061508noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127548.post-73221649426653987012013-04-06T09:30:00.002-07:002013-04-06T09:30:43.495-07:00The Line - A Fight for Peace
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We drew a line yesterday.
Not in the sand because we don't want it washed away.
When we were much younger parents we were so careful about what we allowed our kids to watch and playing online wasn't much of an option.
However, years of dealing with trauma after trauma can wear a body down. It gets easy to just try and keep the peace at the expense of your standards. But it hasn't Lani - the flowerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585671283993061508noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127548.post-76323155427950206372013-04-05T16:23:00.001-07:002013-04-05T16:39:59.672-07:00Five Minute Friday - {After}It's Friday and it took me awhile to get to the computer to write but we're finally there. Five Minute Friday is a generous community of people who simply take five minutes to write on a suggested theme, without worrying or editing or thinking too much about it. Then we all link up and encourage each other. Want to play along? Our prompt for today is:
AFTER...
Go...
After we cleaned up Lani - the flowerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585671283993061508noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127548.post-64586341724588652212013-04-04T19:07:00.003-07:002013-04-04T19:07:52.842-07:00Elastigirl vs. Distracto-Bunny
LOVE THOSE BOOTS!!
I love Elasti-girl. I would like to be Elasti-girl. Ever since "The Incredibles" showed up on the big screen she has been my super-hero of choice. What mom wouldn't want to be able to 'snap' back into place no matter how much her body has stretched. Not to mention that you could be the super fun mom when your kids can use you as a raft or parachute. Of course my Lani - the flowerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585671283993061508noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127548.post-37485071984848258162013-04-02T13:52:00.000-07:002013-04-02T13:52:10.006-07:00The Why of My Dream...It's Tuesday. That means I'm supposed to be writing about God-Sized Dreaming. I am part of this dream team that Holley Gerth organized and it's a pretty amazing group of people I have to admit. May I encourage you to head over to Holley's site and read a few posts and meet some of my fabulous dreamer friends.
I'm dragging my heels a little. We're supposed to be writing today about the 'why'.Lani - the flowerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585671283993061508noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127548.post-64032727802199309572013-04-01T10:03:00.001-07:002013-04-01T10:03:20.889-07:00I Lost Jesus - No FoolingI did.
I lost Jesus.
We have this beautiful wooden wreath to countdown Lent and Jesus' path to the cross.
I had all kinds of marvelous ideas about how this year celebrating the Resurrection was going to be different.
I wanted for our family to balance out this Christmas/Easter thing.
So many times we've let Easter go by with barely a blip.
We lose Jesus.
We lose Him in the midst of school Lani - the flowerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585671283993061508noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127548.post-9752871823271852592013-03-30T10:24:00.001-07:002013-03-30T10:24:59.181-07:00Gluten Free Pastry** I cannot take credit for this recipe, I found it on a website somewhere but didn't write down the source! If you come across it please let me know so that I can give proper credit where it's due, because this recipe is amazing!!
nobody had any complaints except the girl I made the pie for, apparently she doesn't like lemon meringue...Who Knew?
Ingredients:
1/2 cup tapioca flour
1/2 cup Lani - the flowerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585671283993061508noreply@blogger.com1